Jon McGregor

Jon McGregor (born 1976 in Bermuda ) is an award winning British writer.

Life

McGregor was brought up in Norwich and Thetford (Norfolk ) and studied Media Technology and Production at Bradford University. He now lives in Nottingham. In 2002, he was written for his 26 debut " After the Rain" ( Original: If nobody speaks of remarkable things ) in the finals of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and won the 2003 Somerset Maugham Award and the Betty Trask Prize. Followed in 2007 by " One way or another " ( So Many Ways to Begin ), 2010 made ​​him the University of Nottingham honorary doctorate. In 2011, he created " The last thing the dogs " ( even the dogs ), the International IMPAC what you 2012 Dublin Literary Award conferred on him. 2012 was " This Is not the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You " on the market.